Comprehensive profiling of amine-containing metabolite isomers with chiral phosphorus reagents

X Liu, Y Wu, L Guo, X Wang, C Shan, Y Liu… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
X Liu, Y Wu, L Guo, X Wang, C Shan, Y Liu, H An, X Kang, R Ding, Z Cai, J Dong, Y Zhao
Analytical Chemistry, 2023ACS Publications
Metabolite isomers play diverse and crucial roles in various metabolic processes. However,
in untargeted metabolomics analysis, it remains a great challenge to distinguish between
the constitutional isomers and enantiomers of amine-containing metabolites due to their
similar chemical structures and physicochemical properties. In this work, the triplex stable
isotope N-phosphoryl amino acids labeling (SIPAL) is developed to identify and relatively
quantify the amine-containing metabolites and their isomers by using chiral phosphorus …
Metabolite isomers play diverse and crucial roles in various metabolic processes. However, in untargeted metabolomics analysis, it remains a great challenge to distinguish between the constitutional isomers and enantiomers of amine-containing metabolites due to their similar chemical structures and physicochemical properties. In this work, the triplex stable isotope N-phosphoryl amino acids labeling (SIPAL) is developed to identify and relatively quantify the amine-containing metabolites and their isomers by using chiral phosphorus reagents coupled with high-resolution tandem mass spectroscopy. The constitutional isomers could be effectively distinguished with stereo isomers by using the diagnosis ions in MS/MS spectra. The in-house software MS-Isomerism has been parallelly developed for high-throughput screening and quantification. The proposed strategy enables the unbiased detection and relative quantification of isomers of amine-containing metabolites. Based on the characteristic triplet peaks with SIPAL tags, a total of 854 feature peaks with 154 isomer groups are successfully recognized as amine-containing metabolites in liver cells, in which 37 amine-containing metabolites, including amino acids, polyamines, and small peptides, are found to be significantly different between liver cancer cells and normal cells. Notably, it is the first time to identify S-acetyl-glutathione as an endogenous metabolite in liver cells. The SIPAL strategy could provide spectacular insight into the chemical structures and biological functions of the fascinating amine-containing metabolite isomers. The feasibility of SIPAL in isomeric metabolomics analysis may reach a deeper understanding of the mirror-chemistry in life and further advance the discovery of novel biomarkers for disease diagnosis.
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